C'est l'histoire d'un lit superposé qui tombe et qui casse le pouce du pianiste en-dessous. Ça commence affreusement mal et sonne comme une terrible blague. L'histoire tragi-comique est pourtant bel et bien arrivée à Nils Frahm en 2012. Et puis, porté par le soutien de ses fans et de son entourage, l'artiste nous livrait le magnifique album Screws. Dans la foulée, les 9 titres de l'album avaient été mis en téléchargement gratuit. Quand on compare l'absurdité de cette histoire et la richesse musicale qui en ressort, on se dit qu'il y en a un paquet qui feraient bien de se briser les deux bras.
Le 11 décembre chez Erased Tapes sortira Screws Reworked. Une compilation reprenant une réinterprétation de chaque titre par un fan et sélectionnée par Nils Frahm lui-même. Comme un Noël avant l'heure, la sortie sera aussi accompagnée du LP original. On vous joint les mots qui accompagnent la compilation sur Soundcloud :
“Whenever you have to decide between two things, you end up favouring one over the other. In the case of this record, I had to choose nine out of hundreds of songs – but I didn’t want to follow this logic, I didn’t want the songs to compete against each other. I never liked music competitions, neither when I was a kid playing classical music contests nor today when the best album of 2015 is awarded. Having been in the situation to pick my own tracks for my own records, I knew that the only way to manage this tough job is to concentrate on the cohesiveness of listening to the songs all together. Screws Reworked should sound like a record, not like a random collection of tracks.
The motivation to make such a record came with the release of Screws in 2012 as a gift to my listeners. I thought about it as a starting point for people to make their own interpretations of the songs. The feedback was overwhelming. A couple of months later, we counted over 300 contributions. Without going through a selection process, they were all available only online until now. It seemed essential to make it a real record as I imagined how happy it must make those who would find their names – in most cases for the first time – on a real record.
Now is the time to thank you all for your numerous and beautiful contributions. In case you don’t find your track here, please don’t think it stands behind the others. This record means, in fact, that some of the most beautiful songs couldn’t be included as they simply weren’t ‘good neighbours’ and because there is only one rework for each of my original compositions. However all of you opened your hearts and minds and shared your uniqueness with us and I feel incredibly blessed by each and every single rework of Screws. Thank you!” – Nils Frahm